In the afternoon, the Bow Knock Finale finally ended, and all the arrow warriors stretched their necks and were anxiously waiting for the qualified list to come out.

Although the archery knockout round does not rank, only lists of qualified people, this does not mean that their results are not reported. At this time, in the largest tent, more than 20 officials are busy arranging the rankings, and more than 7,000 Arrow Warriors who participated in the archery knockout round have been summarized and will be ranked last.

The Privy Councilor Tong Guan had also arrived at the tent. He sat in the corner and was drinking tea calmly, waiting for the final list to come out. Tong Guan attached great importance to this archery competition, and all outstanding riding and shooting talents could be valued by him.

Tong Guan had been in control of military power for many years. He knew very well what the gap between the Song army and the Liao army and the Western Xia army was? The gap was in cavalry, and in cavalry and shooting. The Song Dynasty did not have enough grassland to raise war horses, so it could only be dominated by infantry. If it was a positional war, the combat effectiveness of the Song army was stronger than that of the Liao army and the Western Xia army. But the problem was that the Liao army and the Western Xia army were both cavalry, and it was not convenient to retreat quickly in a battle, which often made the Song army's record win rather than great, and the possibility of victory turning from defeat in pursuit was greater.

Learning from the pain, Tong Guan believed that only by strengthening the cavalry and shooting ability of the Song army could the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom finally compete with the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom. He persuaded the emperor three years ago and began to resume the former bow and arrow competition, and renamed it the bow and horse competition, selecting elite cavalry and shooting soldiers from all states in the world.

At this time, everyone finally arranged the rankings and checked twice. Zhang Ji, a doctor from the Ministry of War, walked quickly to Tong Guan with a thick stack of rosters, "Qi Biwei, the roster is ready."

"How are your results this year?" Tong Guan did not rush to take over the roster, but asked calmly after taking a sip of tea.

"Compared with the last session, the results of this time have improved significantly. It takes seven arrows to rank within 1,000."

"It's obvious improvement! What's the reason?"

"It should be that the preparations have been taking place for a long time. As far as we know, some troops started training two years ago. The last time was the fastest, and it was only half a year ago before the competition, which is the key reason."

“What is the highest score?”

"Ten arrows are up, and they are a student of the tyrants."

Tong Guan was stunned. He was actually a tyrant student. At this time, he suddenly thought of something and hurriedly took over the roster. He saw Li Yanqing, who ranked first, at a glance.

"It's him!"

Tong Guan was both surprised and felt as if he had expected it. He pondered for a moment, and the official in the reconciliation said: "Everyone is here, I have something to say."

More than 20 officials gathered up, Tong Guan stood up, pointed to the list and said, "I have a first word. No one is allowed to go out and talk nonsense about the results above. Even if you can't tell your family, if anyone dares to reveal it, once I find it, I will tell you this way, if you just lose your black hat, it will be a great luck. Do you understand what I mean?"

He looked at everyone with sharp eyes, and everyone lowered their heads. Who wouldn't understand such an obvious warning? But many officials were also surprised that this achievement was no big deal, so why can't you go out and talk nonsense?

Only a few officials understood Tong Guan's concerns. The first place in Bushe was actually Tai student. If this news spread, the impact would be great. This may become an opportunity for the Taixue to connect with the army. Cai Xianggong will definitely order the Taixue to withdraw from the competition to prevent Tong Guan's hand from reaching into the Taixue.

That's why Taiwei Tong blocked the news. When the situation was finally completed, it was too late for Xianggong Cai to stop him.

Seeing that everyone was in awe, Tong Guan picked up a pen and signed the name on the list, handed it to the official and said, "The list can be released!"

The officials began to copy the list nervously. At this time, Tong Guan whispered to a personal soldier: "It is estimated that Li Yanqing is on the military field and will take a few brothers to look for him and come to see me!"

The personal soldier nodded and turned around and walked quickly. Tong Guan then picked up the teacup and felt thoughtful. Li Yanqing actually won the first place in the Bow. This was really beyond his expectations. It seemed that he underestimated Li Yanqing a little.

Li Yanqing was chatting with Tang Huai in the northwest corner. At this time, a commotion suddenly broke out in the distance, and someone shouted: "The list is out!"

Everyone ran towards the listing place, and Li Yanqing and Tang Huai also walked up quickly. In front of the high revealing board, twenty red paper lists were posted. The list was surrounded by thousands of people, three layers inside and three layers outside. Although this was not an imperial examination list, it would still be extremely exciting if it could be on the list.

At this time, a scholar of the Taixue squeezed out from inside and happened to see Li Yanqing, so he walked up and smiled, "You don't have to go and see, you are on the list, I saw that you are the only one of our Taixue who is qualified to ride and shoot, and the others can only participate in step shooting."

Although this result was expected by Li Yanqing, he still breathed a sigh of relief, indicating that the competition was fair and the examiner did not tamper with the results at will.

"Old Li!"

Tang Huai patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder from behind. When Li Yanqing turned around, he saw two soldiers standing beside Tang Huai, one of them stepped forward, "Li Shaojun, please come with us!"

"What are you?"

The soldier whispered in Li Yanqing's ear: "Taiwei Tong wants to see you!"

Li Yanqing nodded and turned to Tang Huai and said, "You wait for me in the old place for a while, and I will come out soon."

Then he followed the two soldiers toward the tent.

Li Yanqing waited for a moment in front of a big tent, and a soldier came out and said to him: "Shaojun Li, please come in!"

Li Yanqing walked into the tent and saw Tong Guan wearing a civil servant robe standing in the tent with his hands behind his back. Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Student Li Yanqing meets the Grand Marshal!"

"Li Shaojun, we meet again." Tong Guan said with a smile.

"The student disturbed the Taiwei."

"I'm looking for you, there's no way to disturb me, please sit down!"

Tong Guan was very polite and asked Li Yanqing to sit down aside. He also sat down. At this time, the personal soldiers brought in two cups of tea. Tong Guan picked up the tea and said with a smile: "I looked at the roster today, which really surprised me. You are ranked first, but I was surprised. All the officials were surprised. No one would have thought that it would be a tyrant student."

"The students were ashamed and just performed well by chance."

Tong Guan smiled slightly, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth. He said gracefully: "You told me this way in Tangyin, just luck. I don't know when your next luck will be?"

Li Yanqing secretly regretted that he should have missed the last arrow slightly, so he would not have attracted such attention.

Tong Guan said again: "I actually have no other meaning when I come to you. I just tell you that I have issued a ban order and no officials will go out to talk about this. I also hope you don't spread it everywhere. This will not be good for you. I don't know if you understand what I mean? But I hope you remember my words."

Li Yanqing certainly understood the profound meaning of Tong Guan's words. The Tai student was the first step to shoot. Cai Jing was going to turn against him when he was heard. "Please rest assured that the Tai Wei did not like Zhang Yang. I didn't tell anyone that I hit all ten arrows. I will remember the Tai Wei's warning."

"Very good, just for this matter, I will continue to pay attention to your riding and shooting performance, and I hope you don't let me down."

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Tomorrow, does the Taiwei hope that I will keep everything?"

"No! No! The ranking will not be announced tomorrow's first test of riding and shooting. Even if you perform as usual, the 1,000 people entering riding and shooting are all masters. If you are negligent, you will be eliminated. You can't be careless."

"The students understand. If there is nothing else, the students will say goodbye."

"Go! Have a good rest tonight, relax, and strive for a good start tomorrow."

Li Yanqing bowed and bowed, then said goodbye and left.

Tong Guan walked to the tent with his hands behind his back and looked at Li Yanqing's agile back. He was also full of curiosity. How far could this young man who always surprised him go?

[The child's health is not completely healed yet. It is really not easy to write three chapters today. I would like to ask everyone for monthly tickets and encourage myself to work hard!]
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